HB 1380 Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. FAILED.
Introduced by: Ronnie R. Campbell (deceased) [R]
Issuing citations; certain traffic offenses. Removes the provisions that provide that no law-enforcement officer may lawfully stop a motor vehicle for operating (i) without a light illuminating a license plate, (ii) with defective and unsafe equipment, (iii) without brake lights or a high mount stop light, (iv) without an exhaust system that prevents excessive or unusual levels of noise, (v) with certain sun-shading materials and tinting films, and (vi) with certain objects suspended in the vehicle, and the accompanying the exclusionary provisions.

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11/07/22  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
01/12/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
01/13/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)

01/26/23  House: Committee substitute agreed to 23104498D-H1
01/26/23  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1380H1

01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
01/27/23  House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)

01/30/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

02/13/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)

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HB 1401 Community Policing Act; repeals Act.  FAILED
Introduced by: Marie E. March [R]
Community Policing Act; repeal. Repeals the Community Policing Act that, under current law, prohibits law-enforcement officers and State Police officers from engaging in bias-based profiling in the performance of their official duties. The bill also repeals the provisions requiring the State Police to create the Community Policing Reporting Database into which sheriffs, police forces, and State Police officers report certain data pertaining to, among other law-enforcement activities, investigatory motor vehicle stops.

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11/30/22  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws

01/30/23  House: Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1
02/02/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
02/02/23  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
02/02/23  House: Failed to report and refer to Appropriations (defeated) in General Laws (9-Y 13-N)

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HB 1474 Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. FAILED.
Introduced by: Michael J. Webert
Law-enforcement officers; protected personal information. Provides that any law-enforcement officer who provides information relative to a criminal investigation or in proceedings preliminary to a criminal prosecution may refuse, unless ordered by a court, to disclose his residence address, home telephone number, or any personal information concerning his family. The bill also provides that any law-enforcement officer who testifies as a witness in a criminal case may refuse to disclose personal information concerning his family unless it is determined by the court that such evidence is relevant to the case.

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01/13/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
01/16/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)

01/23/23  House: Reported from Courts of Justice (19-Y 0-N)
01/25/23  House: Read first time
01/26/23  House: Read second time and engrossed

01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N)
01/27/23  House: VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N)

01/30/23  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
01/30/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

02/15/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 5-N)

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HB 1672 Resisting detention; penalty. FAILED.
Introduced by: Jeffrey L. Campbell [R]
Makes it a Class 3 misdemeanor for any person to intentionally prevent or attempt to prevent a law-enforcement officer from lawfully detaining him, defined in the bill as fleeing or attempting to flee from a law-enforcement officer when (i) the officer has legal justification to detain the person, (ii) the officer communicates to the person an order to stop, and (iii) the person refuses to obey the order to stop. The bill allows a person charged with committing this offense to be arrested and immediately brought before a magistrate. The bill requires law enforcement to make a report to the Central Criminal Records Exchange when any person is arrested on such charge.

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01/13/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
01/18/23  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (5-Y 3-N)
01/26/23  House: Committee amendment agreed to
01/26/23  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1672E

01/27/23  House: Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N)
01/27/23  House: VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
01/30/23  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

02/13/23  Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (9-Y 6-N)

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HB 1774 Law-enforcement officers; training standards, comprehensive harm reduction program.  FAILED.
Introduced by: Betsy B. Carr [D]
Training standards for law-enforcement officers; comprehensive harm reduction program; drug use. Requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to establish training standards and publish and periodically update model policies for law-enforcement personnel for a comprehensive harm reduction program that promotes scientifically proven methods of mitigating health risks associated with drug use and other high-risk behaviors, including the use of naloxone or other opioid antagonists to prevent opioid overdose deaths, in coordination with statewide naloxone training programs developed by the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and the Virginia Department of Health.

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01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee on Public Safety

01/24/23  House: Assigned PS sub: Subcommittee #2

02/02/23  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)

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HB 2106 Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution. FAILED.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne [D]
Assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer; arrest and prosecution of individual experiencing a mental health emergency. Provides that no individual shall be subject to arrest or prosecution for an assault or assault and battery against a law-enforcement officer if at the time of the assault or assault and battery (i) the individual (a) is experiencing a mental health emergency or (b) meets the criteria for issuance of an emergency custody order pursuant to § 37.2-808 and (ii) the law-enforcement officer subject to the assault or assault and battery was responding to a call for service requesting assistance for such individual. The bill provides that no law-enforcement officer acting in good faith shall be found liable for false arrest if it is later determined that the person arrested was immune from prosecution.

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01/10/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

02/07/23  House: Left in Courts of Justice

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SB 852 Search warrants; menstrual health data prohibited; definition.  FAILED
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola [D]
Search warrants; menstrual health data prohibited; definition. Prohibits the issuance of a search warrant for the search and seizure of a computer, computer network, or other device containing electronic or digital information related to menstrual health data, as defined in the bill.

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12/29/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary

02/01/23  Senate: Reported from Judiciary with amendments (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
02/06/23  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
02/06/23  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB852E
02/07/23  Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 9-N)

02/09/23  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice

02/11/23  House: Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1

02/13/23  House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 3-N)